POLITICAL TURMOIL IN AMERICA: 2013 TO 2019, YEARS OF DISORDER, DECAY, DECLINE IN AMERICA

    
                                                     TABLE OF CONTENTS

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  1.         The Plague of Corporate Political Sponsorship

  2.         America's Lingering Wild West Mentality
  
 3.           Political Gridlock:  A Sign of a Nation In Distress

 4.           America's Wild West Past is Part of Our Foreign Policy

 5.           Reagan's Betrayal of the Middle Class Comes to Full Fruition

 6.           Obama -- From Audacity to Acquiescence

 7.           America's Changing World Image:  Some do Hate Us

 8.           Who Speaks for America's Youth?

 9.            The High Cost of Excessive Income Inequity

10.            The Greatest Threats Facing the US Are Not External Enemies, Not ISIS,
                        but Major Internal Dysfunctions

11.           US Fails in Roll as World Diplomatic Leader

12.            A Nation In Search of Its Moral Compass

13.            Consumed by Fear and Dysfunction:  A Great Nation Losing Influence
                        and Credibility

14.            Netanyahu's Speech Arrogant, Insulting, Full of Lies

15.            The Ukrainian Conundrum

16.             Wake Up America:  A Complacent Nation Sleepwalks Into Danger

17.              Charlie Wilson's War Revisited:  When the US Supported Jihadists and
                         the Precursors to Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and ISIS

18.              The Neocons Reemerge:  Endless Warfare Threatened by Their Illusions
                          of World Domination

19.               Punished for Extraordinary Courage:  America's "Reward" For Four
                           Exceptional Citizens

20.               Political Game-Playing and Hypocrisy: Our Middle Class and Foreign
                            Policy Suffer

21.              The Shameless, Unmitigated Gall of Dick Cheney

22.              The Obama Enigma:  Moments of Enlightened Leadership, Months of
                            Less Impressive Posturing

23.              Our Nation's Failing Mental Health System:  Do Our Politicians Really Care?

24.              The Iran Nuclear Treaty:   Our Best Chance 1) to Begin a True Middle East
                            Peace Process and 2) to Finally Reject the Policies and People Who
                            Brought Us the Disastrous Iraqi War

25.               The GOP's Top Ten To Do List:  No Wonder Congress is So Unpopular

26.               America's Obsession with Trump:  A Rude Wake Up Call for Us All

27.               Combatting ISIS:  Is the US Losing An Opportunity to Foster A Broad
                            Coalition In This Common Cause?

28.              America's Angry:  The Voting Public is Letting the Establishment Know
                           Their Anger Is For Real

30.               The Nation's Political Divide Becomes a Huge Chasm: No Relief in Sight

31.              Threat and Reality of Foreign Wars and Domestic Violence Grow:  Does
                          Anyone Really Care?

32.               It's The Party of Trump Versus the Rest of Us: The Self-Destruction of
                            the Republican Party

33.               An Election Like No Other:  There Will Be No Real Winners This Time

34.                How Long, Oh How Long, Will This Trump Nightmare Last?

35.               An Eclipse Falls Over America:  The Long, Dark Shadow of Donald Trump

36.              America is Standing At The Crossroads:  Which Way USA?

37.               Deviant Donald and the Destruction of the American Dream

38.              The Reign and Rage of Trump:  Our Nation and the World At Great Risk

39.              Trump is Hellbent for Conflict and War:  Time for the Public to Say
                           "You're Fired!"

40.              The GOP's Lost Soul:  Sold Out to the Highest Donor and the Lowest Instincts

41.              Trump, the NRA, and Our Escalation Into a Violent-Prone Society

42.               The Trump Presidency: A Monstrous Moral and Political Mistake

43.               Trumpland:  Doesn't Integrity Matter Anymore?

44.               A Dark Cloud Descends Over America:  The 21st Century Decline of a
                             Great Nation